San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-12

I longer, and yet she FELT a certain shrinking
from her destiny-as the hand of suicide
| might recoil from its instrument-as she be-
gun 10 review mentally the opportunities re-
naming 90 her.
"MOney Is no object" she exclaimed ut
last II want freedom, and the only cOndi-
ton compatible with perfect freedom Is
wdOwhOOd. Unfortunately we can't be born
widows, and the odds against being left a
widow without incumbrance are ininity 20
one II there was only some way of making
woman widow by an act of Congress or
decree OF court It's shocking TO think of
the risks woman must un To attain that
seventh heaven Of Independence. | believe
i will advertise for acOnsumptive, and agree
TO nurse him tenderly through the remnant
of his existence II he will obligate himself
10 die within given time"
Mrs. Ainslee, her sister, and her senior by
two years, turned toward her the face OF
shocked and outraged wifehOOd.
But Mrs. Ainslee, 10 the indiscretion OF
marrying young, had added the folly OF
spelling her husband, and Miss Winthrop
expected this silent protest from her.
"lf you want something Of that sort" said
the Doctor, laying aside his paper, lit is not
worth while to advertise. | have patient
on hand that will exactly fill the bin"
Tell me about him." she said with sud-
den enthusiasm.
''He Is not cousumptive," continued the
Doctor. "lie is even more hopeless case
than that. He may die at any moment; he
can't possibly live longer thana few months,
and is as sorely in need of competent nurs-
ing as any poor devil ever saw. He has
no friends here, though he was born and
raised in this place. tried to get him into
the hospital but it is crowded, and there
has been so much sickness this season that
i could not get nurse for him, though I've
been looking for one ever since he came.
He was a classmate of mine at college, but
he went away, and | have not seen him
since he graduated until / was called to at
tend him several days ago. Hewas a splen-
did fellow then, but he is a total wreck now.
The worst of 1t is that the fellow doesn't
want to get well. / don't know what has
happened to him since he left here, but
whatever IL is it has crushed him utterly.
He seems to have money enough for every
thing he wants; the only trouble is, he can't
get nurse for love or money"
The Doctor had forgotten what started his
recital; he was thinking only of this friend,
wondering what could have subdued jOvial
and naturally buOyant fellow so completely,
when he was suddenly called to order by
Miss Winthrop.
you are positively certain that he cannot
recover she asked.
"In the natural course of events he can
not He might be restored by miracle"
"And can only live few months at bestY'
81 should say five or six months at most"
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